parent sections

[jizepi]

I'm trying to customise the appearance of the parent sections (breadcrumb trail).

I've edited Act_ProductBody and surrounded the NETQUOTEVAR:PARENTSECTIONSTOP with a table like this:

<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<tr>
<td><img src="bc-arrow.gif" alt="" width="21" height="23" border="0"></td>
NETQUOTEVAR:PARENTSECTIONSTOP
</tr>
</table>

This adds an arrow graphic to the left hand side, a sort of "you are here" indicator. I then added <td> and </td> to the appropriate Act_ParentSectionsLink, Act_ParentSectionsSeparator and Act_ParentSectionsThis files. This all works fine.

My problem, though, is that on the main product index page, I just see the arrow, but nothing after it, eg:

On a product page it shows as:

> products > by design style > Victorian

Then if you click on 'by design style' you see:

> products > by design style

But if you click on products, you see:

>

I want it to either show up (ideally) as:

> products

Or not to appear at all.


The work-in-progress is at the link below - to log in, use lg and web as the username and password.

http://livingglass.newbarnmedia.co.u...Victorian.html
(shows the whole breadcrumb)

http://livingglass.newbarnmedia.co.u...log/index.html
(shows the arrow on its own)

How can I make the word 'products' appear on the index page?

Mike Taylor

PS Hope that makes sense, I think I may have lapsed into waffle about half way through....

[cdicken]

You need to edit your template that lays out the front page of the store. This template is called 'Act_CatalogBody.html'.

Open the template in Notepad, and within it locate:

NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTBODY

Replace this with:

<!-- NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTBODY -->
NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONLISTTOP
NETQUOTEVAR:TOPSECTIONSEPARATOR
NETQUOTEVAR:CARTERRORLISTXML
</a>
NETQUOTEVAR:HIDDENINPUT

<BR>

  <TABLE WIDTH="500" COLS="3" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="0" ALIGN="CENTER">

	NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTBULK

  </TABLE>
</div>
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT"><a name="sectionbottom">
NETQUOTEVAR:SINGLEADD
</a></DIV>

(This is basically the content from Act_ProductBody.html)

Then above this you can include whatever HTML you want for the 'products' link with an arrow.

[jk358]

Mike,

I love the layout of your store, its clean, and neat and looks great!

I take it you created a custom template? Did you use dreamweaver for this? How did you get the drop menus to appear so neatly?

Sorry for the basic questions, but I am new at Template design and would love a few tips if you dont mind.


Thanks so much,

Jonathan
jokendrick@primeind.com